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Speaking at Chatham House Event on Elections, Boko Haram and Security in Nigeria

I will be participating in a panel, at an event organised by the Royal Institute of International Affairs, aka Chatham House. The title is: Elections, Boko Haram and Security: Assessing and Addressing Nigeria’s Complex Challenges. It is taking place at Chatham House offices in London, on 9 December 2014, from 9.30 am to 12 noon GMT.

I will be speaking on the political landscape, the context, the key actors and forecasts of the possible outcomes of the 2015 elections in Nigeria. This will be largely based on the ongoing elections forecasts by my colleague, Olly Owen and I.

The event will be live streamed, and will be made available from 9:30 on the Chatham House website.

Here is an overview:

Nigeria faces multiple challenges, ranging from the increasingly entrenched conflict and terrorist threat from Boko Haram in the northeast, to economic impacts of declining oil prices. Added to this, what may be the country’s most competitive and contentious elections yet will take place in February 2015, with recent violence at the national assembly a possible sign of things to come.

This event will discuss Nigeria’s upcoming elections, the influence different factors and actors may have on the process, with particular focus on security, and the opportunities for supporting a peaceful and credible process.